Court Jester

This yarn comes in 100 gram skeins. One (1) skein will make approximately
4 Court Jester Beanies.

Small amount of white Novelty Fur or loopy yarn – I used
scraps from another project and have since lost the label SORRY!

3.5 mm Hook

3 x 1.5 inch Pom-poms. I made my own using the main colour
of the hat.

Stitch marker/s or a contrasting colour yarn to mark your
rounds (particularly for the points of the hat as these are worked in a spiralling
motion, without joining).

Special abbreviations:

HDC INC = 2 HDC in same stitch

HDC DEC = 2 HDC together

Pattern Notes:

This pattern is worked in 4 parts, starting with the top
section of the hat, making the points adding the pom-poms THEN working
downwards towards the forehead section. This is to ensure that the completed item
has enough stretch to grow with your child. This pattern is made to fit a 7-8
year old child, but has enough stretch to fit me... a 30 something adult!

Top section:

Working at first to make a ‘tube’.

1)Ch 85, being
careful not to twist, slst to join.

2)Ch 2, HDC around, slst to join

3)Repeat row 2

4)Ensure that the right side of the fabric is
facing you, skip 27 stitches, insert hook into next stitch, hold it in place,
skip next 27 stitches, insert hook into next stitch, slst, skip next 27
stitches, slst into next stitch. You have now made the base for each of your 3 hat
‘points’.

Each point is now worked individually. Use a stitch marker
or contrasting colour yarn to mark your rounds, as the all rounds in the each
point are NOT joined, instead worked in a spiralling motion.

Points:

Starting at the last slst from previous row;

1)Ch 1, HDC around, HDC into CH1 sp [28]

2)HDC around [28]

3)HDC into next 13 st, HDCinc, HDC into next 11
st, HDCdec [28]

4)HDC into next 14 st, HDC inc, HDC into next 12
st, [29]

5)HDCdec, HDC into next 27 st [28]

6)HDC into next 13 st, HDC inc, HDC into next 11
st, HDC dec [27]

7)HDC dec, HDC into next 23 st, HDCdec [25]

8)HDCdec, HDC into next 21 st, HDC dec, [23]

9)HDC dec, HDC into next 19 st, HDC dec, [21]

10)HDC into next 6 s, HDC dec, HDC into next 5 st,
HDC dec, HDC into next 6 st [19]

15)HDC into next 4 st, HDC dec, HDC into next 4 st,
HDC dec, HDC into next 3 st [13]

16)HDC dec, HDC into next 9 st, HDC dec [11]

17)HDC around [11]

18)*HDC dec, HDC*, repeat x3, HDC dec [7]

19)HDC around [7]

20)*HDC dec*
repeat x3, HDC, slst into 2nd st at beg of row.

Fasten and sew on the Pom-pom. Weave in ends as necessary.

2nd and 3rd points are worked as for
the first, starting at the slst in the centre of the top section, and working
right to left.

Bottom section:

With the right side facing you, Join yarn with slst to the
last foundation ch of top section. You should be able to find it by searching
for the yarn tail, the tail will be held to the left of your hook.

The Head Case

As a single WAHM of 2 beautiful children learning to live with a disability, crochet has become my pleasure and my way of being able to provide for my family.
Amigurumi is always a favourite, though I often play around with other more traditional forms of crochet.
I love to learn and I love to teach. Taking inspiration from all things in nature, obscure and pop culture, you won’t find much that I won’t try at least twice! If something that catches my fancy captures my imagination and my hook, you’ll soon find the pattern here and my finished items in my Madeit! store.